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uk/How Dark Money From Overseas Flows Into Boris Johnson's Government
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With Boris Johnson sauntering into Downing Street having recrafted his own script from guffawing jester to grave populist, swathes of right-wing lobbyists have stealthed their way from the fringes ...
uk/Aberdeen: A City Gambling that Oil and Gas is Still the Future
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It was a crisp, bright day in February 2017 when politicians, academics and business figures came together to discuss the problems of the Scottish fossil fuel sector. A year before, world leaders h...
uk/The UK’s Oil Industry is Increasingly in the Hands of Unaccountable US Companies - That's a Problem
BySimon Roach
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After global oil prices slumped dramatically in 2014, many energy giants such as Shell and BP decided to sell off their “mature assets” in the North Sea.  Now, the operation of aging fossil fuel i...
Scotland Promises to Ban Fracking 'Indefinitely'
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The Scottish government has said fracking is set to be permanently banned following “overwhelming” public support for outlawing the controversial process, it was announced today. Unlike in England...
uk/Are Costs Being Put Before Environment in Scottish Ship Oil Transfer Plans?
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A proposal is expected this autumn for tankers in the north east of Scotland to transfer up to nine million tonnes of crude oil per year between ships at open sea. But the chosen waters, Cromarty ...
uk/North Sea Oil Workers Vote to Strike as Industry Profits Decline
BySimon Roach
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A section of offshore oil workers in the North Sea voted for industrial action this week following a protracted dispute over pay and working conditions, but recent union laws may mean the numbers a...
uk/Is There Hope for the Climate in Scotland After Election Shake-Up?
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For the UK Conservative party, Scotland will be seen as one of the few successes of an otherwise miserable 2017 general election campaign. Despite the loss an overall parliamentary majority and Pr...
uk/North Sea Workers’ Strike Shows Region Unprepared for Future Without Oil
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With global oil prices in decline and the UK’s oil reserves in the North Sea dwindling, tensions over pay for those working in the industry are inevitable. Throw in the UK’s existing commitments to...

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